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Private sector vs. Public sector

Nurses - Intensive care . Gross monthly salary, distribution against distribution.

Data released SCB lönestruktur 2025 SCB · SSYK 2012 4-digit
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
40k50k60k PRIVATE SECTOR 51 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 51 800 kr
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Public sector against Private sector.

Private sectorPublic sectorΔ
10th percentile42 400 kr43 100 kr+1.7%
25th percentile46 800 kr46 900 kr+0.2%
Median51 400 kr51 800 kr+0.8%
75th percentile58 200 kr57 600 kr−1.0%
90th percentile64 900 kr63 000 kr−2.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
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Nurses - Intensive care in Sweden

Percentiles are reported exactly as released. Derived (price-adjusted) figures round to the nearest hundred. We take no payment for how any figure is presented. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), open data.